As Dreamers Do Part Deux

[OldNavy1988]

@Tacomaster Yeah, he's still out there. But his son Ennis now co-owns the Fat Albert IP with Turner Broadcasting.

Entertainment News for Early February 2006

2006 Super Bowl
Fan reaction to the 2006 Super Bowl:
"Giving up halftime leads is what the Falcons do best."
- SportsCenter

SUPER BOWL TRAILERS
Buena Vista
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Poseidon (remake of The Poseidon Adventure)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Peacock
Mission: Impossible III
Blue Beetle
Nanny McPhee
Over the Hedge

Columbia-TriStar
Green Lantern
Talladega Nights
Strange Magic

Turner
Casino Royale

Luxor
Hoodwinked!

Touchstone
Hoot
Cars

Carolco
V for Vendetta (Graphic novel published ITTL by Malibu-Pacific, now known as WB Comics)

Big Poppa Poop
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) has been fined $5,000 USD by the FCC after Scott Steiner was shown intentionally defecating on AJ Styles while Styles was flat on his back in TNA's trademark hexagon shaped ring.
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

The Sports Page
One weekend after the Super Bowl, the Olympiastadion was jammed to the rafters as the WLAF's Berlin Ogres hosted the Frankfurt Galaxy in their inaugural game. This year, the WLAF's season was shifted a month ahead to accommodate the 2006 World Cup, which will be held in Germany later this summer. If you're wondering what the Ogres' mascot is supposed to be, it's pretty much Shrek with lederhosen.

Elsewhere in the World League, the Paris Phantoms made their debut against the London Monarchs at Parc des Princes. Over in Rome, the Centurions (Same logo as the OTL Cologne franchise except with Ottawa Senators colors) welcomed the Barcelona Dragons at Stadio Olimpico. The Stockholm Kraken opened their inaugural campaign on the road at Hampden Park against the Rhein Fire and will host the Amsterdam Admirals in their home opener next week.

Stateside, Muhammad Ali was on hand for the Kentucky Stingers' home opener against the Chicago Blitz at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. Over in Salt Lake, the Rocky Mountain Extreme hosted in the Arizona Wranglers at snowy and sold-out Rice Eccles Stadium.

The Stallions had announced back in December that they would likely play one more year in St. Louis citing recent uncertainty in the fates of the NFL's Saints and Jaguars franchises.
- NBC Sports

Dark Horse Cinematic Universe in the works?
Dark Horse founder Mike Richardson says he has been negotiating with New Line for the last ten years to regain the rights to The Mask. Richardson says it is likely that there could be a compromise in which New Line could work in tandem with Luxor Pictures on future Mask adaptations going forward.
- Wizard

"With Glowing Hearts, we see thee rise, the deep south strong and free...."
- Earlier today, the Toronto Star leaked records of a registration with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on certain logo and uniform assets of the Jacksonville Jaguars football club. The city of Jacksonville earlier in January had invoked eminent domain to seize certain Jaguar trademarks from the troubled NFL franchise to prepare for Wayne Weaver possibly selling the franchise to Stan Kroenke who intends to move the team to St. Louis after failing to lure the displaced New Orleans Saints this past NFL season. It is possible that the city of Jacksonville is hoping that should the NFL franchise leave town, they could resurrect the Jags as an expansion team in the Canadian Football League, which would require modifications to the Alltel Gator Bowl to accommodate a CFL-size field. Who would be the owner? Mark Chipman, head of True North Sports & Entertainment and chairman of the IHL's Manitoba Moose, has most of his business interests in Winnipeg. But because the Blue Bombers are community-owned, Chipman could be the front runner to resurrect the Jaguars in the CFL should the NFL version skip town.
- TSN SportsDesk

 

[Otakuninja2006]

Big Poppa Poop
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) has been fined $5,000 USD by the FCC after Scott Steiner was shown intentionally defecating on AJ Styles while Styles was flat on his back in TNA's trademark hexagon shaped ring.
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

.......

You know what?

This is nasty, nothing more that I'm saying (mainly to keep a low profile for now).......

Just.....wow......

After the whole diarrhea incident, just..

This is messed up.

 

[stratonapba]

Uh-Oh Looks like the CFL Is going to the United States with a Franchise in Jacksonville!

 

[OldNavy1988]

@stratonapba And I feel like I'm gonna need a second team to join Jacksonville, so that the CFL's membership stays even numbered.

@HonestAbe1809 @Goldwind2

Hong Kong Disneyland
Grand Opening held on February 18, 2006

Grand Opening Speech given by Disney Enterprises, Inc. chairman and CEO Walt Disney, Jr., accompanied by Disney vice chairwoman Margaret Loesch, 20th Century-Fox chairman Robert Zemeckis, Legendary chief operating officer Thomas Tull and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang

Founding Partners
The Britt Allcroft Company
Legendary Multimedia
Tee and Charles Addams Foundation
Amblin Entertainment

Notes
Hong Kong, although no longer a British territory, maintains a level of autonomy within the People's Republic of China. Future expansions to this park are subject to the approval of the Executive Council of Hong Kong.

Opening Day Attractions
Main Street USA, Adventureland, Tomorrowland and Fantasyland are roughly the same as OTL. Grizzly Gulch, which was added later IOTL, is an opening day land featuring clones of Big Thunder Mountain and Splash Landing/Splash Mountain, the latter themed ITTL after the 1983 film Huck's Landing.​

 

[OldNavy1988]

IOTL, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth passed away as many of you already know.

ITTL, as of 2006, she is still the reigning monarch of Britain.

 

[Otakuninja2006]

IOTL, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth passed away as many of you already know.

ITTL, as of 2006, she is still the reigning monarch of Britain.

Yep......

I just heard of it not even 2 minutes ago.....

She'll be missed.

 

[Tacomaster]

RIP Queen

 

[QTXAdsy]

IOTL, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth passed away as many of you already know.

ITTL, as of 2006, she is still the reigning monarch of Britain.

Yeah, real sad times here.

 

[OldNavy1988]

@QTXAdsy You have my condolences.

The Arthur Movie
Released by Paramount Pictures on February 24, 2006

Produced by Paramount Animation, formerly Rankin-Bass.

Based upon characters created by Marc Brown.

Produced and directed by
Emily Chiang

Screenplay and storyboards by
Linda Woolverton
Roger Allers
Joe Macdonald

Storyline
An adaptation of Marc Brown's book, The Bionic Bunny Show, Arthur and his pals learn important lessons about how Wilbur Rabbit (voiced by Tom Hanks) the bunny behind Bionic Bunny, is a mere mortal and makes the same mistakes as everyone else.

Notes
- Emily Chiang came to Paramount a year or so after production on Freakazoid! wrapped at Warner Bros.
- Jay Fukuto, who had been a journeyman throughout the 80's and 90's, joined Paramount when the Arthur series began in 1996.
- Linda Woolverton was brought in to do re-writes to make DW more likable. Around this same time, Woolverton was approached by Paramount with an offer to write Ghostbusters 3 despite having only worked briefly on the animated series in '87.
- Joe Macdonald, older brother of WB animator Stephanie Macdonald, came to Paramount two years prior to this film's release.
- Rob Reiner, Paramount's chairman, makes a Stan Lee-style cameo, drawn as an aardvark with a white beard.
- By this point, both Arthur and Sonic have surpassed Ghostbusters, Top Gun and Tales from the Crypt as Paramount's most lucrative IP's.
- Most of the voices are the same as OTL, with the exception of Carl Reiner as the voice of David Read.
- Historical figures such as Walt Disney, Sr., Fred Rogers and Bob Ross are caricatured as different animals when Wilbur reminisces about the start of his acting career.​

 

[TheFaultsofAlts]

@QTXAdsy You have my condolences.

The Arthur Movie
Released by Paramount Pictures on February 24, 2006

Produced by Paramount Animation, formerly Rankin-Bass.

Based upon characters created by Marc Brown.

Produced and directed by
Emily Chiang

Screenplay and storyboards by
Linda Woolverton
Roger Allers
Joe Macdonald

Storyline
An adaptation of Marc Brown's book, The Bionic Bunny Show, Arthur and his pals learn important lessons about how Wilbur Rabbit (voiced by Tom Hanks) the bunny behind Bionic Bunny, is a mere mortal and makes the same mistakes as everyone else.

Notes
- Emily Chiang came to Paramount a year or so after production on Freakazoid! wrapped at Warner Bros.
- Jay Fukuto, who had been a journeyman throughout the 80's and 90's, joined Paramount when the Arthur series began in 1996.
- Linda Woolverton was brought in to do re-writes to make DW more likable. Around this same time, Woolverton was approached by Paramount with an offer to write Ghostbusters 3 despite having only worked briefly on the animated series in '87.
- Joe Macdonald, older brother of WB animator Stephanie Macdonald, came to Paramount two years prior to this film's release.
- Rob Reiner, Paramount's chairman, makes a Stan Lee-style cameo, drawn as an aardvark with a white beard.
- By this point, both Arthur and Sonic have surpassed Ghostbusters, Top Gun and Tales from the Crypt as Paramount's most lucrative IP's.
- Most of the voices are the same as OTL, with the exception of Carl Reiner as the voice of David Read.
- Historical figures such as Walt Disney, Sr., Fred Rogers and Bob Ross are caricatured as different animals when Wilbur reminisces about the start of his acting career.​

This movie is a whole lot better than I thought an Arthur movie would turn out around this time.

 

[farmerted555]

Big Poppa Poop
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) has been fined $5,000 USD by the FCC after Scott Steiner was shown intentionally defecating on AJ Styles while Styles was flat on his back in TNA's trademark hexagon shaped ring.
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

We know TNA got fined, but what punishment did the Genetic Freak himself receive? Also, after this, I wouldn't be surprised if Styles went to Japan until Steiner was fired.

 

[Otakuninja2006]

@QTXAdsy You have my condolences.

The Arthur Movie
Released by Paramount Pictures on February 24, 2006

Produced by Paramount Animation, formerly Rankin-Bass.

Based upon characters created by Marc Brown.

Produced and directed by
Emily Chiang

Screenplay and storyboards by
Linda Woolverton
Roger Allers
Joe Macdonald

Storyline
An adaptation of Marc Brown's book, The Bionic Bunny Show, Arthur and his pals learn important lessons about how Wilbur Rabbit (voiced by Tom Hanks) the bunny behind Bionic Bunny, is a mere mortal and makes the same mistakes as everyone else.

Notes
- Emily Chiang came to Paramount a year or so after production on Freakazoid! wrapped at Warner Bros.
- Jay Fukuto, who had been a journeyman throughout the 80's and 90's, joined Paramount when the Arthur series began in 1996.
- Linda Woolverton was brought in to do re-writes to make DW more likable. Around this same time, Woolverton was approached by Paramount with an offer to write Ghostbusters 3 despite having only worked briefly on the animated series in '87.
- Joe Macdonald, older brother of WB animator Stephanie Macdonald, came to Paramount two years prior to this film's release.
- Rob Reiner, Paramount's chairman, makes a Stan Lee-style cameo, drawn as an aardvark with a white beard.
- By this point, both Arthur and Sonic have surpassed Ghostbusters, Top Gun and Tales from the Crypt as Paramount's most lucrative IP's.
- Most of the voices are the same as OTL, with the exception of Carl Reiner as the voice of David Read.
- Historical figures such as Walt Disney, Sr., Fred Rogers and Bob Ross are caricatured as different animals when Wilbur reminisces about the start of his acting career.​

This movie is a whole lot better than I thought an Arthur movie would turn out around this time.

This is actually good.

Was it successful?

And I'm not surprised when I saw the part where Arthur and Sonic The Hedgehog both became the most popular franchises for Paramount.

Oh yeah, speaking of Sonic, how's the gaming business doing and when are the next generation of gaming consoles coming out?

 

[WB18]

@Tacomaster Yeah, he's still out there. But his son Ennis now co-owns the Fat Albert IP with Turner Broadcasting.

Entertainment News for Early February 2006

2006 Super Bowl
Fan reaction to the 2006 Super Bowl:
"Giving up halftime leads is what the Falcons do best."
- SportsCenter

Lol.

SUPER BOWL TRAILERS
Buena Vista
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Poseidon (remake of The Poseidon Adventure)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Peacock
Mission: Impossible III
Blue Beetle
Nanny McPhee
Over the Hedge

Columbia-TriStar
Green Lantern
Talladega Nights
Strange Magic

Turner
Casino Royale

Luxor
Hoodwinked!

Touchstone
Hoot
Cars

Carolco
V for Vendetta (Graphic novel published ITTL by Malibu-Pacific, now known as WB Comics)

All good movies in their own right, should be fun.

Big Poppa Poop
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) has been fined $5,000 USD by the FCC after Scott Steiner was shown intentionally defecating on AJ Styles while Styles was flat on his back in TNA's trademark hexagon shaped ring.
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

Can’t say I follow wrestling, but this is hilarious.

The Sports Page
One weekend after the Super Bowl, the Olympiastadion was jammed to the rafters as the WLAF's Berlin Ogres hosted the Frankfurt Galaxy in their inaugural game. This year, the WLAF's season was shifted a month ahead to accommodate the 2006 World Cup, which will be held in Germany later this summer. If you're wondering what the Ogres' mascot is supposed to be, it's pretty much Shrek with lederhosen.

Elsewhere in the World League, the Paris Phantoms made their debut against the London Monarchs at Parc des Princes. Over in Rome, the Centurions (Same logo as the OTL Cologne franchise except with Ottawa Senators colors) welcomed the Barcelona Dragons at Stadio Olimpico. The Stockholm Kraken opened their inaugural campaign on the road at Hampden Park against the Rhein Fire and will host the Amsterdam Admirals in their home opener next week.

Stateside, Muhammad Ali was on hand for the Kentucky Stingers' home opener against the Chicago Blitz at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. Over in Salt Lake, the Rocky Mountain Extreme hosted in the Arizona Wranglers at snowy and sold-out Rice Eccles Stadium.

Good luck to all new teams! (Unless you’re playing the Wranglers)

The Stallions had announced back in December that they would likely play one more year in St. Louis citing recent uncertainty in the fates of the NFL's Saints and Jaguars franchises.
- NBC Sports

Where would they go?

Dark Horse Cinematic Universe in the works?
Dark Horse founder Mike Richardson says he has been negotiating with New Line for the last ten years to regain the rights to The Mask. Richardson says it is likely that there could be a compromise in which New Line could work in tandem with Luxor Pictures on future Mask adaptations going forward.
- Wizard

Oh yeah, can’t wait to possibly see it in action.

"With Glowing Hearts, we see thee rise, the deep south strong and free...."
- Earlier today, the Toronto Star leaked records of a registration with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on certain logo and uniform assets of the Jacksonville Jaguars football club. The city of Jacksonville earlier in January had invoked eminent domain to seize certain Jaguar trademarks from the troubled NFL franchise to prepare for Wayne Weaver possibly selling the franchise to Stan Kroenke who intends to move the team to St. Louis after failing to lure the displaced New Orleans Saints this past NFL season. It is possible that the city of Jacksonville is hoping that should the NFL franchise leave town, they could resurrect the Jags as an expansion team in the Canadian Football League, which would require modifications to the Alltel Gator Bowl to accommodate a CFL-size field. Who would be the owner? Mark Chipman, head of True North Sports & Entertainment and chairman of the IHL's Manitoba Moose, has most of his business interests in Winnipeg. But because the Blue Bombers are community-owned, Chipman could be the front runner to resurrect the Jaguars in the CFL should the NFL version skip town.
- TSN SportsDesk

You lost me on this one @OldNavy1988. How is a team located thousands of miles from Canada supposed to compete in the freaking CFL. And please, don’t have Kroenke be a dick ITTL.

IOTL, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth passed away as many of you already know.

ITTL, as of 2006, she is still the reigning monarch of Britain.

The Queen is dead.
Long live the Queen.

 

[OldNavy1988]

You lost me on this one @OldNavy1988. How is a team located thousands of miles from Canada supposed to compete in the freaking CFL. And please, don’t have Kroenke be a dick ITTL.

To be fair, the whole Jags-to-CFL thing is only a rumor right now.

 

[WB18]

To be fair, the whole Jags-to-CFL thing is only a rumor right now.

Okay, we’ll see how it goes

 

[OldNavy1988]

V For Vendetta
Released by Carolco through Warner Bros. on February 24, 2006

Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, originally published by Malibu Pacific Comics.

Cast and Crew
Same as OTL

Notes
- While V for Vendetta's R rating prevented it from really competing with Paramount's Arthur Movie at the box office, Warner chief Mario Kassar was happy with the ticket sales.
- After V's release, Luxor approached the Wachowskis on possibly returning to the Shezow franchise to write the script for the second live action installment.​

 

[OldNavy1988]

When will we get a update on the media conglomerates?

Media Conglomerates as of 2006

Microsoft Entertainment
HQ: Seattle, WA
Key people: Bill Gates (founder), Sumner Redstone (chairman emeritus), Rob Reiner (head of Paramount Pictures)
Assets:
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Television
SEGA
Stax Records
Paramount Comics (formerly EC and Quality Comics)
Odyssey Network (co-owned with Mattel and Saban)
Paramount Parks
United Paramount Network ("United" changed from "Universal" after that studio was acquired by Peacock)
Paramount Animation (formerly Rankin-Bass)
Famous Players (Indie/Arthouse film label)
Paramount Home Media Distribution
Pre-1985 AVCO Embassy Library
BBC America (co-owned with BBC Worldwide)
Bagdasarian Productions
Franchises:
Happy Days/Fonzie
Mork and Mindy
Arthur
Sonic the Hedgehog
Shinobi
NiGHTS
Alex Kidd
Ghostbusters
The Riders of Kisha-Yar
Silverhawks
Thundercats
Top Gun
Crocodile Dundee
Grease
Airplane!
Police Squad/Naked Gun
Tales from the Crypt
MAD Magazine
Spy vs. Spy
The Godfather
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Seinfeld
Plastic Man
The Odd Couple
The Brady Bunch
King of the Hill
The Thief and the Cobbler
Crazy Taxi
The Spirit (Acquired from the estate of Will Eisner)
Asterix (North American rights only)
Doctor Who (North American rights only)
Wallace and Gromit (North American rights only)
Rankin Bass Holiday specials

Peacock
HQ: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City
Key people: Michael Eisner (head of Peacock), Dick Ebersol (head of NBC Sports), Lorne Michaels (head of the NBC network), Jeffrey Katzenberg (head of Peacock Animation), Kevin Feige (chairman of Peacock Film Group), Gale Anne Hurd (VP of Peacock Film Group), Peter Laird (head of Archie Comics)
Key Assets:
National Broadcasting Company
Peacock Film Group (Universal Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Gramercy Pictures)
Sony/MCA Home Entertainment
MSNBC
USA Network
Spike
CNBC
SciFi Channel
Bravo!
USA Cartoon Express
All Elite Wrestling
Peacock Interactive
Peacock Animation (Universal Cartoon Studios, PDI/DreamWorks, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson)
Peacock Music (Decca, MCA, Geffen, Island and Def Jam labels)
Peacock Recreational (Universal theme parks)
Franchises:
Saturday Night Live
Back to the Future
An American Tail
Jaws
Universal Monsters
Jurassic Park
SeaQuest
Woody Woodpecker
Mighty Mouse
Star Trek
King Kong
Godzilla (North American rights only)
Kenzo
Mission: Impossible
Quantum Leap
Law and Order
Archie
Josie and the Pussycats
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Dick Tracy
Blue Beetle
Captain Thunder (Known IOTL as Shazam)
Dr. Seuss (multimedia rights including theme parks and movies)

Disney Enterprises, Inc.
HQ: Burbank, CA
Key people: Walt Disney, Jr. (chairman of the board), Margaret Loesch (Disney VP), Robert Zemeckis (head of 20th Century-Fox), David Hill (head of the Fox network), Sid Bass (COO), Daniel Abbott (head of classic animation), David Silverman (co-chair of Grantray-Lawrence), Seth MacFarlane (co-chair of Grantray-Lawrence), Charles Hirschhorn (head of Atari)
Assets:
Walt Disney Pictures
20th Century-Fox
Hyperion Pictures
Marvel Comics
Fox television network
Harvey Comics (now the children's imprint of Marvel)
Atari, Inc.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Music Distribution
The Disney Channel
Toon Disney
FX
Video Hits One (VH1)
G4
Buena Vista News (BVN)
Fox Sports National (known IOTL as FS1)
Mighty Ducks of San Diego (NHL franchise)
Pre-1985 Filmways library
Pre-1985 Heatter-Quigley game show library
Notable Franchises:
Fab Five (Mickey, Donald, Goofy, etc.)
Marvel superheroes
Planet of the Apes
Lost in Space
The Land Before Time
The Simpsons
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Pirates of the Caribbean
TRON
The Addams Family (co-owned with the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation)
21 Jump Street
Carmen Sandiego (co-owned with Legendary Multimedia)
Kingdom Hearts (co-owned with Square Enix)
Ice Age
Futurama
Family Guy
The X Files
AstroBoy
The Secret of Akko-Chan
Urusei Yatsura
Ranma 1/2
Naruto
Halo
Franchises co-owned with Amblin Entertainment
Star Wars
ET: The Extra Terrestrial
Indiana Jones
Roger Rabbit/Bonkers

Saban Metromedia
HQ: Los Angeles
Key people: Haim Saban (founder), Shuki Levy (vice chairman), Bob Shaye (founder of New Line Cinema), James Cameron (New Line head of production), Quentin Tarantino (head of Golden Harvest of America)
Assets:
New Line Cinema
Golden Harvest of America
Fine Line Features
Pre-1986 Hemdale Film Corporation Library
Pre-1991 Samuel Goldwyn Company Library
Pre-1991 Cannon Group Library
Pre-1991 Vestron Pictures Library
Pre-1991 Golden Harvest Hong Kong Library
New Line Animation (a merger of DiC and CineGroupe)
Odyssey Network (co-owned with Microsoft and Mattel)
Barry and Enwright Library
Notable Properties:
The Sixth Sense
Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the 13th
Terminator
RoboCop
UHF
Dirty Dancing
Pulp Fiction
Austin Powers
Noozles
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Madeline
Inspector Gadget
Small Wonder
Kill Bill
Sailor Moon (North American rights only)
What's with Andy?
Jay and Silent Bob
Tic-Tac-Dough
The Joker's Wild

Bally's Inc
HQ: Chicago, IL
Key people: Jeffrey Bewkes (CEO), Tom Ruegger (co-chair of Luxor Animation), Mark Evanier (co-chair of Luxor Animation), Mike Richardson (founder of Dark Horse)
Assets:
Luxor Pictures (formerly HBO Films and Hollywood Pictures)
Luxor Home Entertainment (a merger of HBO Cannon Video and Media Home Entertainment)
Hi-Tops Video
PAWS, Inc.
Dark Horse Comics
Home Box Office (HBO)
Cinemax
Comedy Central
Festival (Known IOTL as HBO Family)
Midway
Namco
Bally Theme Parks and Hotels
Bullwinkle Studios
Chicago White Sox (MLB franchise)
Chicago Blitz (WLAF franchise)
Notable Franchises:
Weekend at Bernie's
Sex and the City
Arliss
Entourage
Six Feet Under
Rampage
Defender
Joust
Mortal Kombat
Pac Man
Galaga
Spy Hunter
Dig-Dug
Tekken
The Sopranos
South Park
Ace Combat
Time Crisis
Gundam
Soulcalibur
Defender
Robotron
Gauntlet
Rush
Cruisin'
Super High Impact (football video game)
Xenosaga
Rocky and Bullwinkle
George of the Jungle
Tom Slick
Karen Sympathy
Peabody and Sherman with Penny
Saturday Morning Retriever
Shezow
Garfield/US Acres
The Mask (co-owned with New Line Cinema)
Gumby

 

[Otakuninja2006]

Media Conglomerates as of 2006

Alrighty, let's break this down.

Microsoft Entertainment
HQ: Seattle, WA
Key people: Bill Gates (founder), Sumner Redstone (chairman emeritus), Rob Reiner (head of Paramount Pictures)
Assets:
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Television
SEGA
Stax Records
Paramount Comics (formerly EC and Quality Comics)
Odyssey Network (co-owned with Mattel and Saban)
Paramount Parks
United Paramount Network ("United" changed from "Universal" after that studio was acquired by Peacock)
Paramount Animation (formerly Rankin-Bass)
Famous Players (Indie/Arthouse film label)
Paramount Home Media Distribution
Pre-1985 AVCO Embassy Library
BBC America (co-owned with BBC Worldwide)
Bagdasarian Productions

Ok.

I would've kept the Rankin-Bass name.

And I could understand the change for UPN's name.

What's Stax Records and Paramount Comics?

Does this mean that Xbox has been butterflied ITTL?

What will Sega's new console be like?

And who's in charge of Sega?

And have they figured out anything about Odyssey Network yet?

Franchises:
Happy Days/Fonzie
Mork and Mindy
Arthur
Sonic the Hedgehog
Shinobi
NiGHTS
Alex Kidd
Ghostbusters
The Riders of Kisha-Yar
Silverhawks
Thundercats
Top Gun
Crocodile Dundee
Grease
Airplane!
Police Squad/Naked Gun
Tales from the Crypt
MAD Magazine
Spy vs. Spy
The Godfather
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Seinfeld
Plastic Man
The Odd Couple
The Brady Bunch
King of the Hill
The Thief and the Cobbler
Crazy Taxi
The Spirit (Acquired from the estate of Will Eisner)
Asterix (North American rights only)
Doctor Who (North American rights only)
Wallace and Gromit (North American rights only)
Rankin Bass Holiday specials

Cool.

On second thought, why not just have The Story Of Tracy Beaker air on Odyssey since they have a deal with the BBC?

Peacock
HQ: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City
Key people: Michael Eisner (head of Peacock), Dick Ebersol (head of NBC Sports), Lorne Michaels (head of the NBC network), Jeffrey Katzenberg (head of Peacock Animation), Kevin Feige (chairman of Peacock Film Group), Gale Anne Hurd (VP of Peacock Film Group), Peter Laird (head of Archie Comics)
Key Assets:
National Broadcasting Company
Peacock Film Group (Universal Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Gramercy Pictures)
Sony/MCA Home Entertainment

Nice.

MSNBC
USA Network
Spike
CNBC
SciFi Channel
Bravo!
USA Cartoon Express

Nice selection.

How is USA Cartoon Express doing and how does it look?

Does it have a action block and a mature animation block?

Maybe the PG version of One Piece could air on the action block.

All Elite Wrestling
Peacock Interactive
Peacock Animation (Universal Cartoon Studios, PDI/DreamWorks, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson)
Peacock Music (Decca, MCA, Geffen, Island and Def Jam labels)
Peacock Recreational (Universal theme parks)

Nice.

May I suggest this if they're having problems with the animation division:

• Universal Cartoon Studios (for animation based off Peacock properties)
• Murakami-Wolf-Swenson (for new original ideas)
• PDI/DreamWorks (for CGI animation)

Everything could be good, one studio for established properties, one studio for new original content and one studio for 3D animation.

Franchises:
Saturday Night Live
Back to the Future
An American Tail
Jaws
Universal Monsters
Jurassic Park
SeaQuest
Woody Woodpecker
Mighty Mouse
Star Trek
King Kong
Godzilla (North American rights only)
Kenzo
Mission: Impossible
Quantum Leap
Law and Order
Archie
Josie and the Pussycats
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Dick Tracy
Blue Beetle
Captain Thunder (Known IOTL as Shazam)
Dr. Seuss (multimedia rights including theme parks and movies)

All of these are looking good.

Also, what about Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit?

Are there any anime that Peacock could potentially dub?

Disney Enterprises, Inc.
HQ: Burbank, CA
Key people: Walt Disney, Jr. (chairman of the board), Margaret Loesch (Disney VP), Robert Zemeckis (head of 20th Century-Fox), David Hill (head of the Fox network), Sid Bass (COO), Daniel Abbott (head of classic animation), David Silverman (co-chair of Grantray-Lawrence), Seth MacFarlane (co-chair of Grantray-Lawrence), Charles Hirschhorn (head of Atari)

Nice.

And what's the point of Grantray-Lawrence?

Assets:
Walt Disney Pictures
20th Century-Fox
Hyperion Pictures
Marvel Comics
Fox television network
Harvey Comics (now the children's imprint of Marvel)
Atari, Inc.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Music Distribution

Nice.

What's Atari's next console gonna be?

The Disney Channel
Toon Disney
FX
Video Hits One (VH1)
G4
Buena Vista News (BVN)

Nice.

How are the channels doing as of 2006?

Fox Sports National (known IOTL as FS1)
Mighty Ducks of San Diego (NHL franchise)
Pre-1985 Filmways library
Pre-1985 Heatter-Quigley game show library

Ok.

Notable Franchises:
Fab Five (Mickey, Donald, Goofy, etc.)
Marvel superheroes
Planet of the Apes
Lost in Space
The Land Before Time
The Simpsons
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Pirates of the Caribbean
TRON
The Addams Family (co-owned with the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation)
21 Jump Street
Carmen Sandiego (co-owned with Legendary Multimedia)
Kingdom Hearts (co-owned with Square Enix)
Ice Age
Futurama
Family Guy
The X Files
AstroBoy
The Secret of Akko-Chan
Urusei Yatsura
Ranma 1/2
Naruto
Halo
Franchises co-owned with Amblin Entertainment
Star Wars
ET: The Extra Terrestrial
Indiana Jones
Roger Rabbit/Bonkers

Cool.

And where's Inuyasha?

Saban Metromedia
HQ: Los Angeles
Key people: Haim Saban (founder), Shuki Levy (vice chairman), Bob Shaye (founder of New Line Cinema), James Cameron (New Line head of production), Quentin Tarantino (head of Golden Harvest of America)

Ok.

Assets:
New Line Cinema
Golden Harvest of America
Fine Line Features
Pre-1986 Hemdale Film Corporation Library
Pre-1991 Samuel Goldwyn Company Library
Pre-1991 Cannon Group Library
Pre-1991 Vestron Pictures Library
Pre-1991 Golden Harvest Hong Kong Library

Nice.

New Line Animation (a merger of DiC and CineGroupe)

Well, I can understand the merger of their animation studios at this point.

Odyssey Network (co-owned with Microsoft and Mattel)

Alright.

Can Saban launch more networks?

Notable Properties:
The Sixth Sense
Nightmare on Elm Street
Friday the 13th
Terminator
RoboCop
UHF
Dirty Dancing
Pulp Fiction
Austin Powers
Noozles
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Madeline
Inspector Gadget
Small Wonder
Kill Bill
Sailor Moon (North American rights only)
What's with Andy?
Jay and Silent Bob

Ok, nice, but not as expansive as the other's.

Bally's Inc
HQ: Chicago, IL
Key people: Jeffrey Bewkes (CEO), Tom Ruegger (co-chair of Luxor Animation), Mark Evanier (co-chair of Luxor Animation), Mike Richardson (founder of Dark Horse)
Assets:
Luxor Pictures (formerly HBO Films and Hollywood Pictures)
Luxor Home Entertainment (a merger of HBO Cannon Video and Media Home Entertainment)
Hi-Tops Video
PAWS, Inc.
Dark Horse Comics
Home Box Office (HBO)
Cinemax
Comedy Central
Festival (Known IOTL as HBO Family)
Midway
Namco
Bally Theme Parks and Hotels
Bullwinkle Studios
Chicago White Sox (MLB franchise)
Chicago Blitz (WLAF franchise)
Notable Franchises:
Weekend at Bernie's
Sex and the City
Arliss
Entourage
Six Feet Under
Rampage
Defender
Joust
Mortal Kombat
Pac Man
Galaga
Spy Hunter
Dig-Dug
Tekken
The Sopranos
South Park
Ace Combat
Time Crisis
Gundam
Soulcalibur
Defender
Robotron
Gauntlet
Rush
Cruisin'
Super High Impact (football video game)
Xenosaga
Rocky and Bullwinkle
George of the Jungle
Tom Slick
Karen Sympathy
Peabody and Sherman with Penny
Saturday Morning Retriever
Shezow
Garfield/US Acres
The Mask (co-owned with New Line Cinema)
Gumby

Nice.

Cool, they own Gundam!

And those gaming properties will surely make good animation.

 

[Tacomaster]

Does Jetix exist in this timeline? Given how it was Disney’s action brand in the 2000s IOTL, and ITTL Disney already owns Marvel, TMNT, Astro Boy, AND Naruto…

Who owns Nickelodeon? Who owns the Muppets? Does Cartoon Network exist? Who owns it in that case?

 

[Otakuninja2006]

Does Jetix exist in this timeline? Given how it was Disney’s action brand in the 2000s IOTL, and ITTL Disney already owns Marvel, TMNT, Astro Boy, AND Naruto…

Who owns Nickelodeon? Who owns the Muppets? Does Cartoon Network exist? Who owns it in that case?

ITTL, Jetix exists as a all-animation spin-off network to Nickelodeon, which ITTL is owned by The Jim Henson Company, which also owns The Muppets, ABC, Hanna-Barbera and Touchstone Pictures.

Cartoon Network exists as is, but without the stuff that killed it.

Turner brought out different studios ITTL, still has MGM/UA and never merged with TimeWarner.